Army Operations Research Systems Analysis (FA49) Officer

Kansas State University

M.S. in Operations Research

Manhattan, KS

May 2016 - August 2014

Thesis: Optimizing Disaster Response Communication Networks of Foreign Animal Disease
GPA: 4.0

United States Military Academy (USMA)

B.S. in Computer Science

West Point, NY

May 2007 - June 2003

Honors: Superintendent’s Award, Dean’s List, Upsilon Pi Epsilon
GPA: 3.65

U.S. Army Professional Education

• Combatives Level 1, Fort Riley, KS, 2012
  
• Signal Captain’s Career Course, Fort Gordon, GA, 2011
  
• Contracting Officer Representative, Okinawa, Japan, 2008
• Network Essentials Course, Fort Buckner, Okinawa, Japan, 2008
  
• Signal Basic Officer Leader Course, Fort Gordon, GA, 2007
  
• Basic Officer Leader Course, Fort Benning, GA, 2007
  
• Air Assault, Camp Smith, NY, 2005

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Department of Mathematics, USMA

• MA206: Introduction to Probability and Statistics (8 semesters)
  
• MA103: Mathematical Modelings (1 semester)
  
• Intro to SQL (single day course)
• Academic Advisor for 4 cadet theses

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Assistant Dean for Plans, Analysis and Personnel

Office of the Dean, USMA

West Point, NY

Present - June 2019

• Developed Academy and Army regulation for Sabbaticals and Operational Experiences.
• Responsible for faculty allocation and acquisition.
• Conducts statistical analysis for Dean on a variety of topics: absences, academic boards, trip sections, etc.
• Action officer for a number of initiatives

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematical Sciences, USMA

West Point, NY

June 2019 - June 2016

• Course Director for Introduction to Probability and Statistics Course
• Department Social Team and Sports Program Coordinator

Signal Company Commander

C Company, 601st Aviation Support Battalion (ASB)

Fort Riley, KS

May 2014 - October 2012

• Provided tactical network coverage and support to 3,400 Soldiers in the Brigade.
• Responsible for $8.6 million of equipement as well as the health, welfare and training of 39 Soldiers.
• Deployed and Redeployed to Afghanistan with no loss of equipment or personnel.

Battalion Signal Officer (S6)

601st ASB, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade

Fort Riley, KS

October 2012 - April 2011

• Provide communication support to four companies and 650 Soldiers.
• Responsible for automations planning/maintenance and Information Assurance compliance.

Assistant Operations Officer

58th Signal Battalion, 516th Signal Brigade

Fort Buckner, Okinawa, Japan

October 2011 - August 2010

• Responsible for the training of 340 military and civilian personnel operating the only Strategic Tactical Entry Point Site in the Pacific.

Special Operations Task Force Operations Officer (S3)

1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group

Camp Awang, Mindanao, Philippines

August 2010 - January 2010

• Sychronized counter-terrorism and Philippine National Army capacity-building operations for the Special Operations Task Force covering the largest geographical area in the Joint Special Operations Task Force - Philippines.

Rendering Parameterized RMarkdown Reports

Army Operations Research Symposium

Aberdeen, MD

October 2019

A Machine Learning Approach Relating 3D Body Scans to Body Composition in Humans

Joint Math Meetings

Baltimore, MD

Feburary 2019

Modeling Undergraduate Statistics Performance

Joint Statistics Meetings

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

August 2018

The Impact of Academically Homogeneous Classrooms in Undergraduate Statistics Education

Joint Statistics Meetings

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

August 2018

Effects of Daily Required Homework on Student Achievement in Undergraduate Mathematics

International Conference for Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, IL

March 2017

A Peer Writing Workshop in an Introductory Statistics Course to Improve Statistical Thinking and Writing

Cummiskey, K., Adams, B., Pleuss J., Turner, D., Watts, K.

Teaching and Learning the West Point Way

In Press 2020

Using Cadence to Predict the Walk-to-Run Transition in Children and Adolescents: A Logistic Regression Approach

Ducharme, S., Turner, D., Pleuss J., Moore, C., Schuna Jr, J., Tudor-Locke, C.,Aguilar, E.

Gait and Posture

Under Review 2020

Causal Inference in Introductory Statistics Courses (Article Link)

Cummiskey, K., Adams, B., Pleuss J., Turner, D., Clark, N., Watts, K.

Journal of Statistics Education

February 2020

The Impact of Academically Homogeneous Classrooms for Undergraduate Statistics (Article Link)

Pleuss J., Turner, D., Collins, C.

Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies

January 2020

Condorcet Clustering with Delaunay Triangulation (Article Link)

Basset, M., Newton, B., Schlessinger, J., Schmidt, J., Lynch, S., Kuiper, P., Miller, R., Morse, S., Pleuss, J., Russell, T., Pulleyblank, W.

SBP BRiMS 2019

June 2019

Differential Effects of Incentivized Homework on Student Achievement in Undergraduate Mathematics (Article Link)

Koban, D., Fukuzawa, M., Slocum R., Fletcher, M., Pleuss, J.

Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies

May 2019

A Machine Learning Approach Relating 3D Body Scans to Body Composition in Humans (Article Link)

Pleuss, J., Talty, K., Morse, S., Kuiper, P., Scioletti, M., Heymsfield, S., Thomas, D.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

October 2018

Using Simulated Annealing to Improve the Information Dissemination Network Structure of a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak Response (Article Link)

Pleuss, J., Heier Stamm, J., Ellis, J.

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

September 2018

A Review of Machine Learning in Obesity (Article Link)

DeGregory, K.W., Kuiper, P., T. DeSilvio, T., Pleuss, J., Miller, R., Roginski, J.W., Fisher, C.B., Harness, D., Viswanath, S., Heymsfield, S.B., Dungan, I., Thomas, D.M.

Obesity Reviews

May 2018

Glee Club Officer Representative, 2016 - Present

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Track Officer Representative, 2016 - 2018

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Department Sports Program Coordinator, 2016 - 2019

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Department Social Team Coordinator, 2016 - 2019

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Fourth Class Sponsor Program, 2016 - Present

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International New Cadet Host Family, 2017

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Cadet Character Development Facilitator, 2019 - Present

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Bible Study Leader 2018-Present

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Academic

• Third Place in Inaugural Army Analysyt Data Challenge, 2019
• Finalist for Pollin Teaching Excellence Award, 2019
  
• Master Teacher Program Graduate, 2018
  
• FedEx Memphis Hub Simulation Design Winner, 2014

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Military

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